Weather Records on 22 December 1960

1,353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1960. Highest significance: Belleville, CA.

Key Facts for 22 December 1960

On 22 December 1960, 1,353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 1,038 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,327 daily.
Belleville set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 22 December 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

1,353 stations

1,353 station records on 22 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aiyansh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,353 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 599, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 439, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 22 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	599
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	439
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 22 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 1,327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,145 broken records

Margins by which the 1,145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 182.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1960

Top 20 records on 22 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1960	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1960	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	18.2 cm (7.2 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Belleville, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Swan River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Athens, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Princeton, US	monthly low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Middleboro, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	La Grange 1N, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Gettysburg, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Tuscola, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Marquette, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1960	Aiyansh, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1960	Virden, CA	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1960	Greensburg, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 1,353 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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Data for records on 1960-12-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	1,088
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1